Medium: Stretched canvas, mixed media (acrylics, fabric, gold foil, and more)

Size: 32" x 32"

WERIEM (aka Meriem Bahri) is a French and Tunisian artist praised for her « gorgeous and evocative », « spectacular » and « sumptuous array of period-perfect » costumes by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, respectively. Alongside with a decade of experience designing costumes for live performances (including the Royal Swedish Opera, the Boston Early Music Festival, Haymarket Opera, and Opera Lafayette), her drawings have also been featured as projections during concerts, CD covers, and other commissioned illustrations. In 2022, WERIEM took a more independent artistic path and since then, she has sold her original art and prints to art enthusiasts locally and around the world. Prior to delving into the visual arts in 2011 and relocating from France to her current home in Chicago, WERIEM earned a PhD in science from the Université de Lille (2010). 

With a passion for the performing arts, an eye for detail, and a love for historical elements, WERIEM likes to capture the theatricality of life. Colored pencils allow her to play with successive layers of pigments to add depth, saturation and energy to her drawings. When she uses black ink only, the striking contrast creates bold, graphic compositions. In each piece, she invites us to connect with our own imaginary theater, and perhaps with a soupçon of drama!